The Gathering Place Events Calendar

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Monthly Calendar for The Gathering Place

The first section here showcases the Monthly and Weekly events we hold, scroll past it for the special stuff. Big tournaments, prereleases, specialty events, all that is down there.

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Recurring Locals/Tournaments/Events at TGP

Monthly CEDH Dual Land Tournament

The first Saturday of each month, The Gathering Place holds a CEDH tournament where the prize is based on attendance, and every entrant has a chance to battle it out for a Dual Land straight out of the TGP display case!

$30 buy in, Dual Land goes to first place, payout prizing to T

op 4, and other / additional prizing based on attendance. Come battle it out for Duals, for glory, for love of the game!

The “first Saturday” is pretty reliable, but make sure you check the TGP Event Calendar for details.

Event registration is run through TopDeck.

Full proxy is permitted, all proxies must be clearly representative of the intended card and contain all information the official printing does in an easy-to-identify fashion.

Monthly Rotating MTG Multi-Format Cash Tournament (Modern/Vintage/Legacy)

Each month at The Gathering Place, there’s a different MTG cash tourney! $30 buy in for all players, all entry back in the prize pool. The format rotates month by month between Modern, Legacy and Vintage. Cash tournaments always start at noon, check out the TGP Event Calendar for details and to see what’s firing this month!

Monthly Rotating MTGPunks Cash Tournament (Premodern/Pauper/Old School)

The monthly MTG cash tourneys are getting a fan-made upgrade in 2026! The Gathering Place is expanding the Monthly Cash Tournament series from Modern, Legacy and Vintage to include what we’re calling the “MTGPunks” tournaments. Also on a monthly rotation, players can jam Premodern, Pauper and Old School formats month 0ver month in a clash for cash!

$20 entry per player, same as the traditional tourneys at TGP, with all entry right back in the prize pool.

Here’s a link to dates and details!

Commander / EDH Nights at TGP

What began with Adam Staley and Sheldon Menery decades ago as a fun way to play off-beat Magic has, over time, become the most popular way to play MTG. Commander, or Elder Dragon Highlander (EDH) if you’ve been around the block a few times, is the Magic: The Gathering format to beat, these days. Everybody plays it, it’s fun, it’s social, it has potential to be absolutely insane in all the best ways. For anyone who needs a primer, here’s one from Wizards.

Commander Nights at The Gathering place are three times a week: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 p.m. and Saturdays at 3:00 p.m.

Make sure to check in on the TGP Event Calendar to see what else is happening on any given day! Tournaments and such often happen on Saturdays, prerelease weekends can be a little packed, and it’s worth taking a look if you’re expecting to have space for large groups. That said, TGP does have a whole lot of tables and a whole lot of space.

Commander Meetups / Nights have free entry, free promos / prize support for all pods, so come by to jam some casual (or competitive, depending on the pod! remember, communication is part of the game!) MTG Commander, hang with your friends, make new friends, all of the above! (if you’re looking for a group / pod to play with, the TGP Discord is an excellent resource)

MTG Friday Night Magic Draft

Since 1996, Friday Night Magic has been a part of MTG’s community fabric. From the Pro Tour to the kitchen table, FNM is a huge part of how a whole lot of people play the game. Every Friday, FNM at TGP kicks off at 7:00 with a draft. Often, we’re drafting whatever is hot in Standard — but we’re not shy about pulling something cool out of the vault downstairs for any given Friday if that’s something folks are into. Keep an eye on the TGP site and socials for specialty drafts and FNM events, and expect $35 buy-in, two packs per win, and Swiss rounds across three pairings. See you there!

MTG Locals

Magic: The Gathering has no shortage of formats, fun ways to play, communities to contribute to and ways to get weird in your specific way. We’ve covered Commander and FNM on this page so far, so here’s the other MTG Locals you’ll find at The Gathering Place:

Modern Locals: Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.

Premodern Locals: Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.

Legacy Locals: Fridays at 7:00 p.m.

Old School Thursdays: The first and third Thursday of every month, the TGP Old School crew kicks it with Old School Thursdays, kicking back with some ’90s MTG, a slice of Alpha Pie pizza and a cold beer. It rocks. You should check it out. As far as format goes, TGP plays Eternal Central Old School.

Rotating Standard / cHaOs dRaFt: Sundays at 3:00 p.m. TGP holds an MTG draft, swapping week-over-week between Standard draft and a Chaos draft. Check the calendar to see what’s on for this week!

One Piece Locals

One Piece locals happen twice a week at The Gathering Place! Bandai’s high-seas TCG based on Oda’s rollicking saga of piracy and high-stakes high-seas tomfoolery has become one of the premier games played at TGP, so come play Constructed One Piece every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Come jam those decks with friends old and new!

$10 buy-in, all entry back in the prize pool, converted directly into pack prizing to Top 3 (based on attendance) — also, promos for participation and tournament winner!

Gundam Locals

Bandai TCGs have another winner with the Gundam card game! If you’ve played One Piece, some elements may be familiar, but the Gundam TCG plays out a little differently than you might expect. Pilots, Mobile Suits, shields, bases, it’s fast and furious mech-battling action! Gundam Locals at TGP are every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. — $10 buy in, all entry back in the prize pool, pack prizing to Top 3 (based on attendance) number of rounds based on attendance — also, promos for participation and tournament winner!

Riftbound Nexus Night (Locals)

League of Legends has become a great deal more than a MOBA — from eSports audiences to Netflix flagship TV, it was only a matter of time before a TCG got in on the action. Riftbound is that TCG, and so far it seems like it’s living up to the hype! TGP hosts Riftbound locals every other Sunday at 1:00 p.m. (check the calendar to confirm dates!) and these Nexus Nights have started to go toe-to-toe with One Piece in terms of sheer attendance. Prizes are most often offered in store credit at the moment, since Riftbound packs have been relatively hard to come by and we’d like to save as many as possible for folks to play the game. Check in on TGP socials for full schedules, prereleases, and everything else related to Riftbound at TGP!

FAB Armory

Flesh and Blood is the one-one-one fighting game inspired TCG that’s found some real footing at The Gathering Place. The local FAB community is active, competitive and whole lot of fun. FAB Armory is the FNM equivalent: every Friday night at 7:30, FAB players gather at TGP for a recurring mix of casual and competitive gameplay. Armory events are known for special prizes, cool promos and big swings for a TCG so relatively young. $10 buy-in per player, two packs per win, and more! What’s not to love about a card game with a format called “Ultimate Pit Fight”?

Sorcery: Contested Realm Locals

Sorcery: Contested Realm is a strategy-based TCG with a board constructed more akin to chess than a traditional TCG battlefield. Placement matters, along with resources and spells, and it’s a throwback to early card games in more ways than one! Gorgeous traditional art, wild chases, one type of booster pack, Sorcery is a great time for anyone who looks at these cards and goes “yeah, I be that game is pretty cool” — which, to be fair, is everybody!

Sorcery locals at TGP are every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. and have a strong community organization component. Constructed or Draft, depending on what the people want and what’s in stock at the shop. $15 entry for Constructed, $25 entry for draft, pack-per-win prizing and bonus promos and prizes as we have them and depending on attendance.

Dungeons and Dragons and TTRPGs at The Gathering Place

The Gathering Place has a steady cohort of travelers, adventures and campaigners across all skill levels and more games than just D&D. The TTRPG community at TGP thrives in the TGP Discord server, but for anyone looking to start their journeys we offer a couple curated events that don’t require hammering out specific details with a playgroup before even showing up for the first session.

D&D Learn to Play

The first Wednesday of each month, TGP’s own Ben Creed (a friendly face known for comedy, trivia, and TCG excellence in both One Piece and MTG) will be your guide as you take your first steps into the Forgotten Realms.

The Learn to Play session starts at 6:00 p.m. and players don’t have to provide anything but themselves. Well, themselves and also a general openness, a will to learn and the expectation that role playing might feel a little goofy at first — but, the knowledge that the more you lean into it the more fun you’ll have. If you’ve always been D&D curious, if you’ve seen it portrayed in popular media, if you’ve been watching actual play shows or listening to podcasts like Dimension 20 or Critical Role, this is your opportunity to start your own story!

D&D One-Shot Campaign(s)

Thursdays are D&D one-shots at TGP! Starting at 6:00 p.m. and open to all, these free events welcome players of all experience levels, figurative and literal. Our grab bag of Dungeon Masters, our colorful rotating cast, is here to guide you through a one-shot session where you can play something new or continue your own anthology with your character. If you don’t have a character, you can show up and make one! Just arrive a little early to allow the extra time for that. Check in on the TGP Discord for details and introductions, and sign up day-of on the in-store event sheet!

Other TGP Happenings

Comedy, trivia, karaoke, board games! There’s plenty at The Gathering Place that doesn’t hinge on windmill slamming pretty cardboard onto tables or dice rolling and role-playing with friends old and new.

The first Saturday of each month at 9:00 p.m. we host a local comedy night, Fridays at 10:00 p.m. are our signature Nerd Trivia nights, and we’ve got space set aside for board gamers on Tuesday evenings. Check in on the TGP Calendar to see what’s happening when, and for any special one-offs we might be hosting!

Monthly Event Calendar for The Gathering Place

March

Product Release(s) in March:

MTG Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — 2/27 – 3/1

One Piece OP15 + Gundam TCG ST09 — 3/27

March Madness Chaos MTG Commander League

Each player in the March Madness Chaos Commander League will pay a set price for their preconstructed starter deck, with that prize set as the average of all possible decks in the pool. Deck assignment will be random. Each player starts with three Chaos Packs pulled from the deepest depths of the TGP Card Dungeon, and week-over-week packs will be pulled at random from a big ol’ box full of booster packs we’ll be personally stocking for the League and making available to League Players only at a fixed price per pack. High value, low friction, zero predictability, all gas, no brakes.

Tuesday, 3/3 — League begins! Meetups at TGP every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday during regular Commander pod play.
Sunday, 3/22 @ 12:00 — League Party and pre-tournament, for seeding in the finale
Saturday, 3/28 @ 1:00— League Finale Tournament

All the details on Chaos League, right here!

MTG Pauper Cash Tournament

Date / Time: Saturday, March 28 @ 12:00 p.m.

Details: Pauper is the “oops! all commons!” format of MTG where low-rarity cards produce some interesting, fun, shockingly complex gameplay. Entry per player is $20, all entry goes back to the prize pool, and the MTGPunks tournament series continues!

Preregistration on the TGP Online Store

Gundam TCG ST09 Release Event

Date / Time: Sunday, March 29 @ 1:00 p.m.

Details: $40 entry per player, 16 player capacity as limited by Bandai-supplied promos. Each player receives a copy of ST09 – Destiny Ignition to play with across Swiss rounds in this release event tournament. Promos, packs, prizing, Gundam!

One Piece TCG OP15 Prerelease Event

Date / Time: Sunday, March 29 @ 1:00 p.m.

Details: $30 entry, 32 player capacity, a One Piece TCG prerelease event celebrating the release of OP15: Adventure on The Island of The Gods! A return to Sky Island with all the rambunctious Devil Fruit powered action players and fans expect from One Piece! The Gathering Place will have promos and packs as prizes for players, so we’ll see you there!

April

Product Release(s) in April: MTG Secrets of Strixhaven, Gundam TCG GD04: Phantom Aria

D&D Learn to Play

Wednesday, April 1, 6:00 p.m.

Girlypop Magic Commander Night

Thursday, April 2, 6:00 p.m.

We are honored to be hosting local femme-forward all-stars Girlypop Magic the first Thursday of each month at The Gathering Place! Join us for a free and fun night of MTG Commander-focused events for femme, non-binary, and gender expansive folks!

GPM comes by TGP every month, so come back the first Thursday and play some fun games with some truly excellent people!

Check out the Girly Pop Magic page(s) for all the details and some truly wonderful posts

cEDH Invitational Tournament

Saturday, April 4, 12:00 p.m.

The CEDH Invitational Series is BACK, and The Gathering Place is beyond excited to once again have the pleasure of hosting some of the finest CEDH players in the country! On the road to glory, and the path to winning a Black Lotus, we’re even putting up a piece of prizing all our own: the Invitational Tournament on April 4 at TGP will feature a BETA WHEEL going to first place!

$55 entry, full proxy friendly, here’s a TopDeck link with all the details + registration

MTG Modern RCQ

Saturday, April 11, 11:30 a.m.

Modern is a tight, quick, cohesive way to play competitive Magic. Encompassing decades of MTG history and comprised of the landscape born from experiencing Magic: The Gathering’s growing pains, Modern is a slower format in terms of cards added and lack of rotation, but much faster in every other way.

Monthly cash tournaments at The Gathering Place rotate between Modern, Legacy and Vintage. Since it’s Modern RCQ season, we’re upgrading the usual MTG Modern Cash Tournament to a full-tilt RCQ. Comp REL, no proxy, all gas, no brakes.

$30 entry per player, all entry in the prize pool. This is a one-slot RCQ, winner gets placement and a path to the Pro Tour. We’re also throwing extra prizing in the mix: TGP recently took in a trade of a Modern Yawgmoth deck shell, and we’re tossing the whole thing in the prize pool. Box, sleeves, dice, cards, the whole deal. You want details on the Yawg deck? Talk to Preston the next time you’re in the shop!

Preregistration on the TGP Online Store

TGP x Girlypop Magic: cEDH 101

Saturday, April 11, 1:00 p.m.

cEDH standard-bearers from the local community have teamed up with Girlypop Magic for a different kind of learn-to-play! Taking the signature Girlypop group from casual commander tables to a more competitive vibe — all femme, fluid, non-binary and beyond are cordially invited to “cEDH 101” to learn about competitive play patterns, combo lines, and what it’s like to fight ferociously at the highest level of MTG Commander play!

MTG Team Trios Tournament (Premodern, Legacy, Vintage)

Sunday, April 12, 12:00 p.m.

You asked for it, we organized it! MTG Trios with Premodern, Legacy and Vintage at TGP!

The tournament is on Sunday, April 12
It kicks off at noon, 12:00 p.m.
Buy in is $30 per player

Team Trios has come a long way from 2011, and this triple-header format features what folks have asked for the most: Premodern, Legacy and Vintage! All format rulesets apply, we’re going to enforce rules at competitive level, Prizing and Rounds will depend on attendance.

If you’re familiar with TGP’s typical cash tournament structure, that’s what we’re working with here. All entry back in the prize pool, AND this Team Trios Tournament is Full Proxy Friendly! (all the typical TGP rules apply there, too. Make sure those proxies are easily identifiable across the table!)

**Trinity Assembly Required! Come with your team filled out, TGP will not be able to provide teammates for solos or duos.**

Preregistration on the TGP Online Store

Secrets of Strixhaven Prerelease Weekend

April 17, 18, 19 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)

The ongoing expansion of the MTG Multiverse continues with a return to Arcavios and the hallowed halls of Strixhaven! We’re going back to school in a big way with classic color pairs, new mechanics, familiar faces and some new designs.

Secrets of Strixhaven sealed product will be available for purchase during prerelease weekend at The Gathering Place, no preorders for sealed product or singles are being taken at TGP.

$35 entry per player, two packs per win across three Swiss rounds. Prerelease weekend scheduled events at TGP are as follows (and all the days are links to preregistration over on the TGP shop):

Friday

2:30 p.m. Prerelease Sealed
7:00 p.m. FNM Prerelease Sealed

Saturday

12:00 p.m. Prerelease Sealed
4:00 p.m. Prerelease Sealed

Sunday

12:00 p.m. Prerelease Sealed 2HG

We’ll see you on prerelease weekend for a return to Strixhaven!

MTG Premodern Cash Tournament

Saturday, April 25, 12:00 p.m.

Premodern MTG is a community-driven format consisting of the sets from Fourth Edition to Scourge. Classic, old frame cards printed between 1995 and 2003, which were standard legal at some point during this period. See the list of all legal sets here, check out the entire Premodern card pool here. Folks have been playing a lot of Premodern in the Triangle recently, and it’s been getting traction at events and tournaments we’re adding a cash tourney into the rotation at The Gathering Place!

Entry is $20 per player, all that entry goes back into the prize pool, and registration is still up on the TGP online store!

Preregistration on the TGP Online Store

MTG New York City Two-Headed Giant Tournament

Sunday, April 26, 12:00 p.m.

The Gathering Place is taking it to the streets on Sunday, April 26 with a Two-Headed Giant that’s entirely set in da Big Apple! It’s New York City, baby! Teams of two squaring up for three Swiss Rounds of 2v2 MTG play!

Entry is $35 per person, $70 per team. Each team of two will receive one prerelease kit of Spider-Man and one prerelease kit of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The 2HG Tournament will run for three Swiss rounds, and teams will receive two packs per win per player.

Preregistration on the TGP Online Store

Gundam GD04 Phantom Aria Prerelease

Sunday, April 26, 1:00 p.m.

The fourth set of the Gundam TCG comes out in April, and The Gathering Place is having our prerelease event on Sunday, April 26! Players are looking at $30 entry for a six-pack sealed prerelease tournament complete with promos and prize support. We’ll have

May

Product Release(s) in May:

cEDH Monthly Dual Land Tournament

Saturday, May 2, 12:00 p.m.

Each month, The Gathering Place holds a CEDH tournament where the prize is based on attendance, and every entrant has a chance to battle it out for a Dual Land straight out of the TGP display case!

This month’s is on Saturday, May 2, starting at noon.

$30 buy in, Dual Land goes to first place, payout prizing to Top 4, and other / additional prizing based on attendance. Come battle it out for Duals, for glory, for love of the game!

Full proxy is permitted, all proxies must be clearly representative of the intended card and contain all information the official printing does in an easy-to-identify fashion.

Link:

Event registration is run through TopDeck. (https://topdeck.gg/thegatheringplace)

Riftbound Unleashed Prerelease Event / Tournament

Sunday, May 3, 1:00 p.m.

The next set in Riftbound is here! Colorful characters, new styles of play, more of what you play Riftbound for is about to be Unleashed!

The Gathering Place will host our Unleashed prerelease event on May 3, through carde.io (like all the other Riftbound events at TGP.) Unleashed’s prerelease is $30 entry per player with a 32 player cap, prizing for the prerelease is powered by event promos and additional store prizing from TGP based on attendance. See you there!

D&D Learn to Play

Wednesday, April 1, 6:00 p.m.

Girlypop Magic Commander Night

Thursday, April 2, 6:00 p.m.

GPM comes by TGP every month, so come back the first Thursday and play some fun games with some truly excellent people!

Check out the Girly Pop Magic page(s) for all the details and some truly wonderful posts

MTG Legacy Cash Tournament (Monthly MTG Series)

Saturday, May 9, 12:00 p.m.

Spotlighting the Legacy format, this cash-payout MTG tournament has a buy-in of $30 to contribute to the prize pool, allows for 15 proxies in any given deck (proxies must be clearly representative of the intended card and contain all information the official printing does in an easy-to-identify fashion).

Flesh and Blood Skirmish Season 14

Saturday, May 9, 12:00 p.m.

Flesh and Blood continues to cook at The Gathering Place in May! $20 entry per player for the FAB Skirmish Season 14! All that entry back in the prize pool, and no player cap! More combatants, more FAB, more prizing!

Lorcana Wilds Unknown Prerelease Sealed

Sunday, May 10, 11:30 a.m.

The next set in Disney’s TCG takes Lorcana into Wilds Unknown! The Gathering Place has been lucky enough to secure some prerelease goods for Wilds Unknown, so we’ll be hosting a prerelease sealed tournament event on Sunday, May 10, at 11:30 a.m.

$40 entry per player — which inludes six packs, a promo, dice, all the stuff you’d find in any ol’ Lorcana prerelease box. We’ll be abiding by Lorcana’s Sealed ruleset for the tournament.

Sorcery: Contested Realm Beta Box Break Tournament

Sunday, May 10, 12:00 p.m.

A fresh haul of Beta boxes for Sorcery: Contested realm popping up in TGP’s Distro Dungeon means we’re ready and rarin’ to host a BIG tournament for Sorcery! This event is long overdue, and we couldn’t be more excited to make it happen.

Every six entrants puts a Beta Booster Box in the prize pool. We’re looking at tournament structure and rule enforcement, matches will be best of one. $25 entry per player, with extra promos and prizing as we’re able to provide it. We’re going as big as we can for this, and we’ll see you there!

COMMANDERJAM 2K26

Saturday, May 16

Remember COMMANDERJAM from last year? We’re bringing it back! We’re also still working on hammering down the details, so check back in a week or two.

One Piece Pirate Party!

Sunday, May 17, 1:00 p.m.

A casual event, a rollicking good time on the high seas, it’s the One Piece Pirate Party! $10 entry per player, Limited Leader format (meaning the top 10 meta leaders can’t be used, and it’s time to get real creative in those decks!) with prizing for Top 4 and great times to be had by all.

Flesh and Blood Team Trios Tournament & World Premiere Prague Watch Party

Saturday, May 23, 12:00 p.m.

It’s an all-out FAB brawl at The Gathering Place! Saturday, May 23, starting at noon, we’re running a Team Trios tournament sure to knock the socks clean off all who dare step into the ring.

$20 buy in per player, each member of the team must use a different hero, prizing based on attendance. All three matches will be Classic Constructed, and we’ll have a FAB judge on hand. We’ll also tie this into putting the World Premiere FAB matches on the TVs over the tournament tables, so come hang!

One Piece TCG Extra Grand Battle

Sunday, May 24, 1:00 p.m.

Congratulations to One Piece for having made it into the hallowed halls of TCGs that need to introduce a historic format. As cards rotate out and the current meta shifts, One Piece Extra Grand Battle is a non-rotating all-time bangers way to play. TGP is running a tournament for EGB on Sunday, May 24, at 1:00 p.m. with $20 entry per player, pack and promo prizing, and the tournament will continue until there is a single undefeated player, an Extra Grand Champion!

MTG Old School Cash Tournament (MTGPunks Series)

Saturday, May 30, 12:00 p.m.

The MTGPunks tournament series at TGP is a monthly rotating cash tournament series of community-driven and fan-favorite formats for Magic.

May is Old School’s turn in the sun. We’re talking $30 entry! All Buy in going back into the prize pool! Old School at The Gathering Place, played using the Eternal Central guidelines!

Play Magic the way that Richard Garfield intended; with a nostalgic card pool from Alpha to Fallen Empires—where every deck is a time machine! Relive the aesthetics and power of iconic cards and strategic depth from ’93-’94, all while embracing the charm of old-school gameplay.

Riftbound Summoner’s Skirmish

Sunday, May 31, 1:00 p.m.

Riftbound continues to be a hit at TGP and beyond, and we’ll be closing out May with another Summoner’s Skirmish!

This tournament will be run at a competitive rules enforcement level. 32 player maximum, $20 entry per player, Swiss rounds followed by a cut to top. If you’ve ever wanted to give serious competitive Riftbound play a shot, now’s your chance!

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